Sometimes God rescues us from our difficult circumstances, and sometimes he rescues us through them. So, at times, our deliverance will be physical, yet, at times, it will have to do with the Lord walking with us and carrying us through our times of trials and tribulations. For, as followers of Jesus Christ, we are not promised an easy life. In fact, we are promised the opposite. We are told that we should expect to be hated and persecuted for the sake of righteousness, as Jesus was hated and persecuted, if we follow our Lord.

And the difficulties and the trials and the tribulations we will face in this life are symbolized here by these “many waters,” which is a perfect description, if you think about it. Imagine being in the ocean and you have many waves coming against you, one after another after another. And you feel as though you might drown. And you are exhausted beyond limit because of all that is coming against you to try to take you out. So you are literally overwhelmed by the waves, and so you call out to the Lord to rescue you, to help you.

And I believe one of the biggest ways in which our Lord rescues us from our difficult circumstances is in maturing us in our walks of faith via our trials, and via pointing out to us the areas of our lives which need to change. And via our difficulties he is teaching us endurance, perseverance, compassion, love, forgiveness, humility, self-sacrifice, godly character, and total reliance on God in and for all things. And when we learn to depend on him, and to rest in him, then the difficulties of life are no longer able to destroy us.

And who is our “strong enemy”? Primarily he is Satan. But our enemy can also be our own selves if we fight against God and his purpose for our lives, and if we decide to go our own way, and not his way, and if we decide to take matters into our own hands rather than to trust our circumstances to the care and guidance of our Lord. And we will have other humans who will also be our enemies, and they may be the religious, and those who profess faith in Jesus Christ, but who are living by the flesh, and not by the Spirit.

But, whatever our circumstances, and whatever we are going through, God is there to help those of us whose lives are surrendered to him to do his will. And he is there to rescue those whose lives are not surrendered to his will, but who are still living according to the flesh, if they will repent of their sins and follow Jesus with their lives in submission to his will for their lives. For our God is a loving God, full of mercy, and not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. So, trust him with your life today.

[Matthew 5:10-12; Matthew 10:16-25,34-39; Matthew 24:9-14; Luke 6:22-23; Luke 12:49-53; Luke 21:12-17; John 15:18-21; John 16:33; Acts 14:22; Romans 5:3-5; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 3:7-11; 1 Peter 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:12-17; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5; James 1:2-4; 2 Corinthians 1:3-11; Hebrews 12:3-12; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 7:9-17; Revelation 11:1-3; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 13:1-18; Revelation 14:1-13]

Why So Downcast?

Based off Psalm 42
An Original Work / December 21, 2012
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Why so downcast, O my soul,
And why so disturbed now within me?
Put your hope in Jesus Christ,
For I will praise His name.
He’s my Savior and my God,
So therefore I’ll remember Him through
Storms and tempests sweeping o’er me.
Still I’ll praise His name.
Put your hope in God.

By day the Lord sends forth His love.
In the night His song is with me.
I pray to the God of my life.
I will praise His name. I say to God my Rock,
“Why must I be called to suffer this way?”
Foes attack me; Satan sneering.
Still I’ll praise my God.
Put your hope in Him.

As a deer pants for the waters,
So my soul pants for You, O God.
My soul thirsts for God who’s living.
When can I meet Him?
My tears have been my food at night,
When men say, “So, where is your God?”
I pour out my soul to my God.
I’ll still praise His name.
Shout with joy to Him.

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Because He Delighted In Me
An Original Work / February 4, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

From an early age, I knew I wanted to be a wife and mother. Even as I grew older and began to plan for college, I knew marriage and motherhood would be my priority, regardless of what career path I might pursue. I did not realize at the time how unusual my priorities had become.

The prevailing assumption of young millennial women was that college was necessary for a successful career and that the subsequent career would translate into economic prosperity.

If I declared my future life goals were to marry and start a family, the response would have been something like, “That’s nice, but what else?” In a world where women now have endless “choice,” why would you just be a wife and mother? Marriage and motherhood were not perceived as bad, but they were no longer an inevitable or necessary measure of success or achievement.

No longer constrained to their biology, women are now free to engage with the world like modified men, which makes having children a “lifestyle choice.” This vision of independence subtly molds women’s identities during formative years, teaching them to understand themselves through achievement and external success. Motherhood is seen as an interruption to be avoided, and the widespread availability of contraception and access to abortion has resulted in a culture that implicitly communicates to women that becoming a mother should be an active choice.

The consequences are increasingly visible. Women are waiting for the “right time” to have children, often delaying well into their 30s or forgoing childbearing altogether.

If the global decline in birth rates persists, it will lead to disastrous socioeconomic consequences worldwide, and many of the proffered explanations do not fully account for the cross-cultural consistency of this trend. To understand the birthrate decline, we must first understand why women are choosing to delay or avoid motherhood altogether and how modernity has transformed the way women construct their identities and find meaning.

Delayed motherhood and the birthrate decline

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Women, declining birth rates, abortion: What is really going on?

No longer constrained to their biology, women are now free to engage with the world like modified men, making having children a lifestyle choice

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There is a reason some modern political slogans feel impossible to challenge without sounding cruel, un-Christian, or “extreme.” It’s not because they are true. It’s because they are designed to stop you from thinking.

That insight comes from James Lindsay, who recently explained a sloganeering concept most Evangelicals have never heard of but encounter every day: tifa. The word comes from Chinese Communist political strategy and refers to short, emotionally loaded slogans engineered to hijack moral instincts and shut down critical thought.

In plain English: tifa are thought-terminating clichés. They sound compassionate. They feel righteous. But they smuggle in falsehoods, moral confusion, and ideological commitments that most Christians would reject if stated honestly.

Think of phrases like “trans women are women,” “abortion is healthcare,” or “no human being is illegal.” Each is short. Each feels morally coercive. And each dares you to disagree, because disagreement is immediately reframed as hatred, cruelty, or a lack of empathy.

This matters because many Christians are being told — often by other Christians — that the faithful response to cultural conflict is to find a “third way,” lower the temperature, avoid “polarization,” and speak with more nuance. Divorced from concrete moral questions, such responses can be entirely appropriate. But when deployed reflexively, those generic calls are often a trap.

How “tifa”(提法) works on Christians

Continued below.

Hillary Clinton speaks out against 'toxic empathy' — but misses the point

There is a reason some modern political slogans feel impossible to challenge without sounding cruel, un-Christian, or extreme

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To grasp the sense of much of the OT requires a full knowledge of scripture and the themes that emerge. This can take years of devotionally reading Scripture and nothing else.

It seems that while David is a favourite role model taught to believers at a young age for killing Goliath, his performance as King was rather wanting. Yet Jesus will take His place on the Throne of David like no earthly King could including David himself.

This indicates that Kingship was meant to be a spiritual role and leadership is meant to be a service rather than to be served.

Saul was the peoples King and human kingship was never the Father's plan A.

Those who read 2 Samuel are unlikely to read it to their children, what ensued under David reign was utter debauchery and grieved God deeply.

David was unable to take the responsibility of building the temple because of the blood on his hands.

Yet in all this David had a genuinely sensitive relationship with God - reflected in the Psalms and is one of God's favourites.

This causes us to think again about how we judge people.

Your pondering on this matter and sharing thoughts greatly appreciated.

I would like to request your prayers as I come to terms with this. In a very real way, it was a a blessed release for her, as her multiple sclerosis symptoms had been getting worse and worse, so that in recent months she had been bedridden. Thank you very much, and may God richly bless you.

Please pray for healing, I hit my head and my neck also hurts a little from this. I'm ok but would appreciate some prayer that this heals up quickly if possible.Thank you very much.

Evangelist Shane Pruitt is calling out “indecent exposure” at public events following the viral clips of a famous artist’s topless red carpet appearance at the Grammy Awards.

Pruitt serves as the Southern Baptist Convention’s (SBC) director of next gen evangelism for the North American Mission Board (NAMB) and recently released a free e-book titled “You Can’t Talk About That.” The book is aimed at helping parents and ministry leaders address the topics of sex, gender, and mental health with today’s students and young adults.

“Olympic Ceremonies, Parades, Red Carpet events, Award Shows, etc.,” Pruitt posted on social media. “When Kids are present at public events ‘indecent exposure’ and ‘indecency with a child’ laws should still apply.”

“The normalization of celebrities and ideologies exposing themselves to kids is nothing short of demonic,” he added.

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About the very moment my dad had gone to receive his reward, I had a vision while I was in bed, I do not know if this was a rip in the vail, an angel, or even my dad’s ghost, but it was very real. It was a bright shine of light and while I was watching it, I noticed the light was in strands or threads of light like a shred of cloth but in reverse as the light was like a shred in an old pair of jeans. Blue on the inside blacked outside. I don’t know if I've mentioned this before, but I am an empath, I see glimpses of glints and glares all the time, especially at church. But this one was a big one, never anything like it. I’ve seen ghosts at church, and the like. But when I saw the strands, I was not sure what I was looking at...

[So it's come to this: I'm making a thread]

No one has made a thread about it, but the second NASA "Artemis program" mission to the Moon has snuck up on us.

Soon, humans will orbit the Moon again on the Artemis II mission. Launch is planned for one month from now, but tonight there is a "wet rehearsal". The fully stacked rocket is on the pad tonight and filled with fuel. (No astronauts.) A full countdown rehearsal will take place. Currently it is paused at T-10 min at a planned pause before the rehearsal practices the final countdown.

A live video of the test is here:

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The picture of this that the Lord is giving me today is twofold. One is of those who are deliberately teaching a false grace gospel message to the people, knowing full well that they are sending perhaps millions of people to hell on the promise of heaven, because they tell them that a mere verbal profession of faith in Jesus Christ secures them salvation and forgiveness of all sins, and heaven as their eternal destiny, but regardless of how they live, even giving them permission to continue in deliberate sin, without guilt.

The second part of this has to do with many who profess the name of Jesus, claiming that they are “In Christ,” by faith in him, and that heaven is secured them for eternity. But they are believing the lies of the enemy, and they are not taking God’s word seriously to put it into practice in their daily lives. But, instead, they are living wickedly, in deliberate addiction to sin, many of them in sexual immorality and in willful adultery against their spouses while hiding what they are doing, while thinking, “Who sees?” But God sees! God knows!!

Even though they know that what they are doing is sinful, and that it is wrong, and that it is adultery when they cheat on their spouses with themselves and/or with other people, even with those just in their minds, or those on a screen, or those just passing by whom they lust after, still they continue to deliberately and habitually choose sin over God, and adultery over faithfulness to their spouses. For they continue to feed the flesh out of pure selfishness. And this is becoming epidemic among professers of faith.

And so what does the “church” do about it? Most of them, from what I can tell, do little to nothing. For they don’t want to offend anyone with the truth, perhaps because they are also living in deliberate and habitual sin, hiding what they are doing, and because they want to draw in large crowds of people from the world into their gatherings. And so they pacify them in their sin and they teach them to just “claim who you are in Christ,” as though that is a free pass to sin as much as you want. But “In Christ” does not do that!

For Jesus Christ taught that to come to him we must deny self, take up our cross daily (die daily to sin), and follow (obey) him. For if we hold on to living in sin and for self, we will lose our lives for eternity. But if we deny self, die daily to sin, by the Spirit, and we walk in obedience to our Lord and to his commands, in his power, then we have eternal life with God. For not everyone who calls him “Lord” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one DOING (obeying) the will of God (see Luke 9:23-26; Matthew 7:21-23).

For by God-gifted faith in Jesus Christ, which is not of our own doing, we are crucified with Christ in death to sin and raised with Christ to walk in newness of life in him, no longer to live as slaves to sin but as slaves to righteousness in walks of obedience to God’s commands. We are no longer to permit sin to reign in our mortal bodies to make us obey its desires. For if sin is what we obey, it results in death. But if obedience to God is what we obey, it results in sanctification, and its end is eternal life with God (see Romans 6:1-23).

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Acts 26:18]

So, take God’s Word seriously to obey him, and repent now and stop living in sin. And now live holy unto Him, in his power, and according to his will.

Broken Cord

An Original Work / August 29, 2018
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Your bond is broken with your Lord and Savior
And your testimony is separate from Him.
Your words not matching your actions today.
Repent of your sin and bow down and pray.
Live what you testify in truth always.

Purity’s lacking in your life and witness,
For you profess one thing, but other you do.
Not moral, spiritual. Still of the flesh.
Not living in truth to what you confess.
Lying about it puts you in a mess.

Living a lie is your practice, ‘tis true of you.
Masquerade righteousness – none of it true.
Your heart is not given to your Lord God.
Because of how you live, you are a fraud.
Turn from your sin and give your life to God.

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Who Sees? Who Knows? God Sees! God Knows!!
An Original Work / February 3, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

FIRST TIER EU​

For years EU Federalists have proposed that the EU core 6 countries (their biggest economies) Federate into one country called "Europe". Each Country would sacrifice some sovereignty to step into getting first-rate access to the decision making processes of a new superpower called Europe.
It would have a unified foreign policy, allowing a truly European Army.

SECOND TIER EU​

Other countries in the EU might want to join this one day, or might not. It's voluntary. They would be able to sit back and watch the economic benefits of all those government services and company firms operating under a unified legislative framework. The savings would be put into generous incentives for their own version of "DARPA" etc - to create a truly unified European Army and unified scientific institutions and probably IT & AI institutions. A genuine competitor to Silicon Valley! And the way various EU countries are going - that could even end up being Open Source with firms like Murena backing the services sector for EU sponsored FOSS.

Third Tier​

But then there are those countries neighbouring the EU that might want to join bits of the EU - like the common market - but not really be in the EU. Like the UK. So a 3rd tier is proposed.

Fourth Tier - that could one day replace NATO if MAGA remains in the USA?​

But what about the fact that "International Law" is dead?
That the country hosting the UN hates the restrictions of the UN - and never signed up to the ICJ etc?

Well, here we go!

It's a dream at this stage.

But what if there was a 4th tier to the EU - something the EU developed that might even one day replace NATO (if MAGA continues their hostile stance to everything European!?)

Welcome to the "Middle Powers" tier of the EU.

Carney's "Middle Powers" idea - given a forum. Given flesh!

It's just an idea. But what if?

As an Aussie, I'd FAR PREFER that we invest in this than in AUKUS.​

I mean, we might get invaded, and call on our American Big Brother to defend us. But what if Trump got shampoo in his eyes that morning? I mean - we've got to be fair. He hates it when that happens! We've all go to understand that his mood is more important than America's formerly reliable international commitments and institutions.

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With the latest releases do documents, Drop Site News has created an interface that let's you browse Epstein's emails as if you were logged into his gmail account itself


(all mandated redactions are intact, so don't worry, it's not exposing anything that was court ordered to be redacted, and any pictures involving nudity/sexual context have been blacked out)


I highly recommend checking it out...


Any particular reason why the mainstream media is off to the races with the few references to the Russian government that are in the files, but not the 100+ that would suggest that he had some sort of relationship with the Mossad?

Drop Site has been doing an excellent job covering it.

From Science Daily: New catalyst turns carbon dioxide into clean fuel.

New catalyst turns carbon dioxide into clean fuel source

The gist of it is that manganese, as a catalyst, can be used to make formate, the precursor to formic acid. Formate has the chemical formula of HCO2. Formic acid is HCO2H. The idea is to use manganese to make formate, which in turn can chemically store hydrogen.

First thought: the ants are really going to love this one: they are attracted to formic acid. Second: thought: What is the cost in efficiency in making formic acid, then using it to produce hydrogen. Third thought: this may be safer than dealing with H2, but what kind of bulk are we looking at? One mole of formate can hold one mole of hydrogen, but what is that bulk-wise? As a liquid, formic acid should be right at incompressible. Formic acid has a density of 1.22 g/ ml. Molar weight is 46.0254 g / mole, which should be 37.7257 ml to hold 1 mole of hydrogen. I don’t know how usable that is.

It’s interesting because that might be a safer and cheaper form of energy storage that lithium batteries. If it’s practical, it could address the energy storage problems that inhibit solar and wind electricity generation.

Border czar Tom Homan recently announced that authorities have located more than 145,000 children that had been lost amid the millions of illegal immigrants that poured across the U.S. border under the Biden administration.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office of Refugee Resettlement at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have been working tirelessly "to locate more than 300,000 unaccompanied alien children that the Biden administration turned over to unvetted sponsors, lost track of, and weren't looking [for]," Homan said in a Jan. 30 post on X.

"Through their outstanding efforts, they have so far been able to locate more than 145,000! President Trump promised that we would find these children, and under his strong leadership and with his unwavering support, the patriots at these, and other partner agencies have been — and will continue to do — just that," Homan added.

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DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’​

According to a DHS press release and social media posts issued the following day, border patrol agents were conducting a “targeted” stop of a vehicle in Portland occupied by two members of Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang. Yorlenys Zambrano-Contreras, a woman in the passenger seat, had been “involved” in a Portland shooting last year, the agency wrote.

But court records obtained by the Guardian reveal a Department of Justice prosecutor later directly contradicted DHS’ Tren de Aragua statements in court, telling a judge, “We’re not suggesting … [Niño-Moncada] is a gang member.” An FBI affidavit issued following the incident also suggests that in the previous shooting cited by DHS, Zambrano-Contreras was not a suspect, but rather a reported victim of a sexual assault and robbery. Neither Niño-Moncada or Zambrano-Contreras have prior criminal convictions, their lawyers have said.

Niño-Moncada was not present at either shooting [allegedly tied to his companion]. Zambrano-Contreras has not been described as a suspect in the first shooting, and she was not present at the second shooting. Neither have faced charges related to either shooting.

Niño-Moncada, the 33-year-old driver, who is undocumented, remains detained, facing charges of aggravated assault of an officer based on claims he tried to “intentionally” hit agents with his car. Zambrano-Contreras, 32, was not criminally charged, but has pleaded guilty to improper entry to the US, a misdemeanor.

Without videos, the charging documents largely relied on agents’ testimony.

Niño-Moncada’s public defenders have rejected claims he intended to hit officers, noting the complaint failed to identify any specific agent who believed they were going to be hit.

Young, who reviewed the court records, said it was particularly galling for the government to use an incident in which Zambrano-Contreras was victimized to paint her as a criminal: “It appears this woman is the victim of a rape, theft and being kidnapped, yet she is being turned into the target of a smear campaign claiming she’s an associate of the gang. It seems twisted and unjust.”

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TECHNIQUES DETECTED​

The article contrasts official DHS press releases with later court statements from DOJ prosecutors - this is standard investigative reporting technique

Notice how specific claims are attributed: 'DHS said' vs 'court records reveal' vs 'lawyers have said' - this transparency lets readers evaluate sources

The provocative quote in the headline comes from documented expert characterization, not editorial framing

Going to lead with this: He also told police he could smoke more weed than Willie Nelson, and that he was taking Zoloft to treat PTSD and mental health disorders.

Docs: Man arrested in I-5 shooting said he was an armed militia on a mission

According to court documents, a man told police Simmons approached his vehicle and said, "Are you loyal to the country?"

Another man told police he was walking on the shoulder of I-5 when Simmons drove up and asked him if he was a U.S. citizen and told him to get in.

The man hesitated and police say that's when Simmons fired a shot at him. He jumped the center barrier of the freeway to take cover.

Simmons was agitated and making statements that police were violating the Constitution, and were traitors to the nation.

Police say they also found several anti-government ramblings on his Facebook page including 14 in the two days leading up to the shooting.

Anti-government? Huh. I figured this was an ICE audition tape.

Musk’s social media platform X raided by Paris prosecutor | CNN Business

French offices of Elon Musk’s X platform raided by Paris cybercrime unit​

French police raided the Paris offices of Elon Musk’s X Tuesday and summoned the tech billionaire for questioning as part of a widening probe into the social media company and its AI chatbot Grok.

Both X chairman Musk and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino have been summoned to appear at hearings in April, while X employees will be questioned as witnesses, according to the Paris prosecutor.

Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the investigation, which initially focused on suspected abuse of algorithms, had been broadened to include Grok’s “sexual deepfakes” and the circulation of “Holocaust denial content.”

From what I have been able to gather, Friday 100 kids from a high school and unknown number of kids from another high school, staged a ICE Out protest. They walked out of class. According to local media, it wasn’t planned. But I doubt that is true.

There have been rumors that ICE agents are in my city but I can’t confirm it. I can’t confirm rumors either about outbreaks of violence. It looks like kids are just protesting Presidents Trump’s Policies.

It does appear that the schools are allowing students to leave their classes to protest. Nine students were arrested but I don’t know why. There were kids getting in the road and yelling at cars . Just any cars that came by.

There is not much about anything online except what I have shared. Something else.

Most of the kids are of the same race as the people who are getting picked up so they are taking it personally. I can understand that.

Levitical priestly order is established at Aarons ordination:

Lev 8:1-12 God commands Moses; get some anointing oil, VS 6, wash/purify (full mikveh - precursor of NT baptism) Aaron & his sons with water, VS 12, Moses pours the anointing oil on Aaron's head to sanctify = "set him apart" for priestly duties. Marking Aarons ordination & establishment of the Levitical priestly order.

At Aarons priestly ordination: He's required to undergo full mikveh (baptism), then Moses anoints Aaron with oil &d Aaron becomes Cohen Gadol/High Priest, mediator between God & the entire Nation of Israel. The Levitical order is established.

Jesus & the Priestly Pattern

John water baptizes Jesus & from heaven God confirms (Lk 3:22) & anoints Jesus with an unlimited measure of the Holy Spirit. (Jn 3:34)

Right after John baptizes Jesus, He goes into the wilderness (See Azazel Scapegoat Lev 16:8-20) Jesus now begins his earthly/priestly ministry as a mediator between man & God.

Jesus/the Lamb is sacrificed & dies, the earth quaked & the veil of the Temple is torn in 1/2 (Matt 27:51 The Levitical order is retired). Jesus breaks & passes thru the spiritual barrier, guarded by cherubim since man's removal from the garden. The Temple veil had Cherubim embroidered onto it (Ex 26:31). 40 days later in the presence of God, Jesus enters the Heavenly Temple, made without hands, with His own sinless blood, sprinkles it onto the alter, obtaining eternal redemption for every believer (Heb 9:12,12,22,24). The Priestly eternal order of Melchizedek is established, redemption completed, permanent intercession & Jesus sits down at the right hand of the Father.

Heb 7:17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. (Also see Psalms 110:4)
(NOTE: A priest FOREVER after the order of Melchizedek)

Additional info in John the Baptist:

John the Baptist father, Zacharias, was a Temple Priest (Lk 1:5 & 8). A pure blooded descent of Aaron on both his mothers & fathers side.(1 Chr 24:10). Belonging to the priestly division of Abijah, 8th course rotation to serve 8 days Sabbath to Sabbath (1 Chron 23:1-6, 24:1-19).

Zacharias is in the Temple, at the altar of incense, preforming his Priestly duties. When an angel appears (Lk 1:11). Tells him he will have a son (his wife is to old & barren Lk:7) & that his son (John the Baptist) shall prepare the way for the coming Messiah.

God choose Aaron (when his staff budded Num 17:1-8) to be the 1st Levitical High Priest & God choose John the Baptist, whom God filled/anointed with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb (Lk 1:15). To be the last Levitical High Priest.

Matt 11:9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
NOTE: Jesus says; John the Baptist was a prophet & MORE)

Luke 7:26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
(NOTE: Luke tells us, Jesus said; John the Baptist was a prophet & MUCH MORE.)

Here the Lord is instructing Aaron His Chosen High Priest:

Lev 10:9 Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:
(NOTE: Priests of the Levitical order "were not to drink wine nor strong drink", throughout their generations)

Here an angel of the Lord is giving Zacharias instructions regarding John the Baptist:

Luke 1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
(NOTE: He "shall drink neither wine nor strong drink".)

Jn 1:29 John announces: Behold the Lamb of God that TAKES AWAY (Temple sacrifices COVERED - only for 1 ys, they did not take away) the sins of the world

A lot happens at Jesus baptism, none of which had anything to do with sin or repentance, He was SINLESS (2 Cor 5:21, Heb 4:15, 1 Jn 3:5 1 Pet 1:19, 1 Pet 2:22) & had zero to repent from.

Sin imputation:

Lev 16:21 Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
(NOTE: Once per yr on the Day of Atonement (Lev 16:2-24, 23:26-27, Heb 9:7) the High Priest, mediator between God & the people. Would place his hands on an innocent sacrifice, confess the ENTIRE Nations transgressions/sins, imputing/transferring all their sins onto the sacrifice. This (scapegoat Lev 16:8-22) was lead then into the WILDERNESS. The people could see/watch their sins being removed. Where did the Spirit immediately lead Jesus to go after His baptism? The WILDERNESS! (Matt 4:1)

John the Baptist announces, the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world. John - God's chosen High Priest, laid his hands on Jesus & imputed/transferred (see Lev 16:20-21) all the sins of humankind onto God's chosen LAMB. When Jesus comes up: The Holy Ghost descends in a bodily shape like a dove upon Jesus & a voice came from heaven confirms Jesus is God's Son (Lk 3:22)

Jesus is every believers Great High Priest (Heb 1:14), after the order of Melchizedek (Heb 5:10, 7:14-17) . When we accept/trust in Christ's sin payment & resurrection. Our High Priest imputes/transfers ALL our sins onto Himself forgiving/pardoning them ALL (Heb 10:10). Our High Priest then imputes/transfers HIS righteousness onto us & we become the righteous of God thru faith in Christ (2 Cor 5:21). Imputed see: Rom 4:8 11, 22, 23, 24, 2 Cor 5:19, Ja 2:23 & Lev chapter 4. Amen

In what may be the first of many such cases, a New York jury awarded millions to a woman “who no longer thinks of herself as a male” who underwent a double mastectomy six years ago at age 16.

A Westchester County, New York, jury awarded $2 million to Fox Varian, a woman who “no longer thinks of herself as a male” who underwent a double mastectomy six years ago at age 16 in what is believed to be the first U.S. malpractice case of its kind to reach a trial verdict.

The jury found a psychologist and a plastic surgeon liable for medical malpractice in performing and supporting the 2019 breast removal surgery on Varian in order to treat gender dysphoria. The award includes $1.6 million for past and future pain and suffering and $400,000 for future medical expenses, according to the Epoch Times.

Varian’s lawyers said she no longer thinks of herself as a male and said she sued claiming psychologist Kenneth Einhorn and surgeon Simon Chin failed to meet the standard of care through inadequate psychological evaluation, poor communication between the professionals, and insufficient screening before proceeding with the irreversible procedure.

The case centered on whether the medical team properly assessed her mental health and readiness for “gender-affirming surgery,” marking a significant development in the growing number of such lawsuits in the U.S.

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The DOJ’s civil rights division will investigate the “awful crime” at Holy Innocents Catholic School.

Federal officials are investigating after a Los Angeles-area Catholic school was targeted in a major act of vandalism that included the beheading of a statue of the Blessed Mother.

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said on X on Feb. 2 that the Department of Justice’s civil rights division “will open an investigation into [the] awful crime” against Holy Innocents Catholic School in Long Beach.

Cyril Cruz, the principal of the school, told EWTN News that she came into the school early on the morning of Feb. 2 and discovered the vandalism in the hall where the school holds Mass.

“Our statue of the Virgin Mary was smashed, and the tabernacle was removed and thrown to the floor in an apparent attempt to force it open,” she said. “The atrium lovingly prepared by the Carmelite Sisters for our scholars was completely destroyed.”

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A federal court has ruled in favor of The Babylon Bee and blocked a Hawaii law that prohibited the creation of AI-generated and deepfake election content.

United States District Judge Shanlyn Park for the District of Hawaii ruled last Friday against Act 191, which barred certain AI-generated content considered “materially deceptive.”

Park wrote that the state law “discriminates based on content and speaker and, in doing so, restricts constitutionally protected political speech” and “facially regulates protected political speech based on its content.”

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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has announced that two more individuals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a protest against federal immigration enforcement that disrupted a Minnesota church service.

Ian Davis Austin and Jerome Deangelo Richardson were arrested for their alleged connection to the protest last month in which demonstrators stormed Cities Church in St. Paul on Jan. 18, where a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official serves as a pastor.

“If you riot in a place of worship, we WILL find you,” stated Bondi in an X post on Monday announcing the arrests, labeling the protest a “coordinated attack.”

Those arrested in connection with the protest are facing charges under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, which includes a provision protecting houses of worship from physical intimidation.

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Prominent Christian apologist Wesley Huff recently dismissed an ancient Egyptian papyrus that has gone viral this week amid reports that it affirms the existence of the giants from the book of Genesis.

An ancient Egyptian papyrus known as "Anastasi I," which has been in the British Museum since 1839 and that scholars date to the 13th century B.C., has made headlines in recent days after being covered by both The Daily Mailand the New York Post, whose tweet about the text has drawn nearly 5 million views.

The papyrus reportedly mentions that the Israelites were frightened by their encounters with the 8-foot-tall Shosu people.

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Pop star Billie Eilish has been hit with calls to either return her $3 million Los Angeles mansion to a Native American tribe or welcome migrants inside following her controversial Grammys declaration.

The 24-year-old singer won a Grammy for her hit song Wildflower on Sunday, but it was her acceptance speech that got the country talking.

'As grateful as I feel, I honestly don’t feel like I need to say anything but that no one is illegal on stolen land,' Eilish said, referencing the colonization of the Americas by Europeans.

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